Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness (25 August 1954-) was the Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland from 9 June 1983 to 7 June 2001 (succeeding Jo Grimond and preceding Alistair Carmichael) and First Minister of Scotland from 11 to 26 October 2000 (succeeding Donald Dewar and preceding Henry McLeish) and from 8 to 22 November 2001 (succeeding McLeish and preceding Jack McConnell).

Biography
Jim Wallace was born in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1954, and he worked as an advocate in Edinburgh before being elected as the Liberal Party MP for Orkney and Shetland in 1983, succeeding Jo Grimond. In 1992, he was unopposed in becoming the leader of the Lib Dems in Scotland, and he supported devolution of power. In 1997, he pushed strongly for the devolution referendum, which passed with 75% support from the people of Scotland. He was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in 1999, and he retired from the Westminster Parliament in 2001. From 1999 to 2007, he served as the Scottish MP for Orkney, preceding Liam McArthur, and he was created a life peer in the House of Lords in 2007.